web socket help

[printedpineapples]

First off thank you for creating another avenue to the lovebox project to receive messages.

Is there a way you can include a bit more detail in the software configuration?

I have been trying to learn about creating web socket servers and I am struggling with trying to implement your files.

After typing node index.js and navigating to http://localhost:8080/ i get "upgrade required"

I am assuming I did not create the server correctly...

This is a christmas gift and I am running out of options trying to get this to work. No luck with gist polls either.

[Mephisztoe]

It's one year later and I also stumbled across this new LoveBox approach. I also struggled with the setup.

Here's what I had to find out:

• Theres a couple of libraries that need to be installed (one for the Servo and one for the Display)
• As for the Display, you need to install "ESP8266 and ESP32 Oled Driver for SSD1306 display" for the code to work
• You need to copy both files server.js and package.json to a system you want to be your webserver
• When running npm install from that folder, the Node Package Manager reads the package.json file and installs all dependencies
• When running node index.js the webserver starts and creates a websocket on the machine that you run it from
• In your local network, the socket will be reachable via your local computers' ip address (for instance 192.168.178.62) on port 8080
• So when configuring your credentials.h file, you need to put both your wlans credentials in there as well as the websockets address (for instance ws://192.168.178.62:8080)
• To try it out, you need to compile and upload the message.ino to your wemos d1 mini and have your websocket started (see above)
• Your display should display "hi server"
• To send messages, you need to have a websocket client at your hands
• You can use wscat for this purpose (https://www.npmjs.com/package/wscat)
• Just install it via npm install -g wscat
• Then connect to your websocket via wscat -c ws://192.168.178.62:8080
• You should get a Connected message
• When typing something and hitting enter, your message should be repeated on your console and at the same time you should see it on the display

I hope this helps anyone who also stumbles accross this repo. :)